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French director Marion Lacourt premieres her Sheep, Wolf and A Cup Of Tea... at Locarno Film Festival. She talks to Zippy Frames. She had her world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival (Pardi di Domani selection), which she herself describes as "the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
- Category: Shorts
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A team of talented animators is developing a coming of age animated TV series about the adventures of three best friends growing up in the beautiful Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Maria Pavlou and Katerina Pantela talk to Zippy Frames. Three friends...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Production
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Two talented people talk about their politically conscious animation work. Our interview with Serbian animation directors Ana Nedeljković and Nikola Majdak Jr. They were first heard internationally when they won the Cristal Bear at the 2013 Berlin Film...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Interviews
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A puppet with a soul to lose. Cannes-awarded Italian director Lucia Bulgheroni talks to Zippy Frames about her stop-motion short, Inanimate. Having been awarded at the recent Cinefondation Cannes selection (3rd prize) -but insisting that 'a film is...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
- Category: Interviews
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Eliane Gordeeff talks to Brazilian director Otto Guerra on his new animation feature film, City of Pirates (A Cidade dos Piratas), a production of Otto Desenhos Animados, in partnership with Erica Maradona. City of Pirates (2018) is an animated feature...
- Type: Article
- Author: Eliane Gordeeff
- Category: Interviews
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Eliane Gordeeff reports from the 20th Festa da Animação in Amarante, Portugal. Between the 25th and 31st of October, the 20th Festa da Animação (the Portuguese celebration of animation) took place in Amarante, Portugal. A yearly recurring event that is...
- Type: Article
- Author: Eliane Gordeeff
- Category: Awards & Prizes
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A stop-motion puppet dares to go outside. Watch the animation film 'Under A Shooting Contrail' by Rika Nakayama. It's always nice to be outside. Emerging animation director and artist Rika Nakayama made a stop-motion puppet film during her CalArts...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Shorts
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Marta Pajek talks to Zippy Frames on her new animation short, Impossible Figures and Other Stories I, which premieres at the 2021 Ottawa International Animation Festival. Polish animation director Marta Pajek has carefully (and sensitively) created her...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Interviews
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Vassilis Kroustallis talks to the Oscar-nominated animation director Daria Kashcheeva on her new animated film, 'Electra', premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. Czech-based animation director Daria Kashcheeva has managed to shake the indie animation...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
- Category: Interviews
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Eliane Gordeeff shares her impressions of the 2024 Cinanima Festival. Each year, the Cinanima Festival (this year: from 8 to 17 November 2024) seems to establish itself increasingly as a hub for the reunion and promotion of animated art, which means...
- Type: Article
- Author: Eliane Gordeeff
- Category: Festivals
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Animated Trips 2016: Part Ihttps://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/animated-trips-2016-part-i
Olga Bobrowska, festival director of StopTrik festival and Zippy Frames collaborator, had her own animated festival trips during 2016. Here's an insightful report of her festival experiences (and it's only the first part). This report is the first part...
- Type: Article
- Author: Olga Bobrowska
- Category: Festivals
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Ties by Dina Velikovskayahttps://www.zippyframes.com/shorts/ties-dina-velikovskaya
Family ties and the way to get hold of them / unfold them. Here's the short animation film premiere of Ties by Russian director Dina Velikovskaya. A young woman leaves her parental home to see the world. But the world of her parents is so tightly...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Shorts
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Eliane Gordeeff interviews Otto Guerra, one of the directors of the recently awarded 'Son of A Bitch' animation feature. 'O Filho da Puta' / 'Son of a Bitch', this new animation feature film by Brazilian director Otto Guerra, director of 'City of...
- Type: Article
- Author: Eliane Gordeeff
- Category: Interviews
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Vassilis Kroustallis reports from the 13th edition of StopTrik Festival. StopTrik Festival (27 Sep - 1 Oct 2023, Maribor, Slovenia) had a fitting motto 'Exercises in Speaking Up'. Zippy Frames has followed this stop-motion animation festival from its...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
- Category: Festivals
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Waste Away by Elly Sternhttps://www.zippyframes.com/shorts/waste-away-elly-stern
US-based animation artist Elly Stern presents her acclaimed animation short Waste Away to Zippy Frames. A stop-motion animation by Elly Stern, Waste Away, is making its festival round and is now online. Waste Away is a surreal stop motion short about a...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Shorts



